VPRS 7973 Inward Correspondence Registration Cards

This series consists of inward correspondence registration cards which formed part of a general subject correspondence filing system maintained by the Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners (from 1978 known as the Port of Melbourne Authority) between 1913 and 1981. It appears to have commenced on 5 February 1913 in conjunction with a major reconstitution of the Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners, which included the appointment of a full-time Chairman. The cards are a subsequent series to VPRS 7967 Inward Correspondence Registers, although the registers continued to be used until 10 March 1913 and hence overlap the beginning of this series.The registration cards in this series control VPRS 7972 General Subject Correspondence Files : Alphabetical. With 10 entries per card, the information provided for each entry initially included:registration no.date (of letter)from whom letter was receivedsubject (of letter)subject title under which letter has been fileddate filed.A tab at the top of each card records the last registration number entered on the card.